Got that today in the mail
Date: 04 AUG 2009
Time: ca 14:30
Type: ATR-72-212A
Operator: Bangkok Airways
Registration: HS-PGL
C/n / msn: 670
First flight: 2001
Engines: 2
Crew: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 72
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Koh Samui Airport (USM) (Thailand)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Krabi Airport (KBV)
Destination airport: Koh Samui Airport (USM)
Flightnumber: 266
A Bangkok Airways ATR-72 passenger plane was substantially damaged when it skidded off the runway at Koh Samui. The airplane collided with the airport control tower building. METAR about the time of the accident (07:30 UTC): VTSM 040700Z 29015KT 9000 FEW020TCU SCT120 BKN300 31/25 Q1007 A2974 TCU-NW= [Wind 290 degrees at 15 knots; few clouds at 2,000 ft; scattered clouds at 12,000 ft; broken clouds at 30,000 ft; Temperature 31 deg C; dew point 25 deg C.; 1007 MB; Towering CB to the Northwest]
Sources:
» Bangkok Post
» Bangkok Airways
looks like the pilot is dead.
